
Live well, and live strong
MY VIEW • Saturday’s challenge aims at saving 1,500 lives daily
By Lance Armstrong
Boys and Girls Aid Society
… Oregon is one state leading the way, with its ballot measure to increase cigarette taxes in support of the Healthy Kids initiative that would help Oregon children gain access to doctors, medicine and much-needed prevention and treatment services.
The plan also will encourage current smokers to quit, while discouraging potential smokers – most often young people – from ever starting the deadly habit.
Policymakers and policies are only as effective as the citizens they govern; it is up to us to stand up and support laws and regulations that we know will benefit us and our communities. More…